Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-10-19

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- ~, before his eyes fell upon May.
sAhis shs exclaimed gaily, a. he
eaMs near, @you are admifing my
toseAs 4 ~ foF, in truth, his eyes
Moro tfvitod upon them. "Are they
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lay, and Am indebted to her 70,
then, md the arch>traitof smiled ia
hezsell, ~ she noted the fact TINT nc
id notsssk Nay during tho evening.
When they were leaving. however,
~ placed them In the carriage, and
taking Mays hand, pressed il to his
Itph murmuring Is he bowed lis
head ovsr II : low>spoken. but signif-
emit farewell.
The tons, more than tho words. told
nor that II WA forever. She could not
understAnd hfs changed demeanor she
teltit keenly, but managed to hide ii
uEAvoly, - women AN and do and
when, : week later, she received q
letter from her mother stating that
6he ~ Suffering under some slight in
disposition, May made II the pretext
5oesan Immediate return TO her home,
leeviag Tom disconsolate and Julia
jubilank
When Tom made his semi-annual
WHIT 70 the farm in the spring he was
shocked BY his cousins changed an.
pearAnce, and with the a~stuteness OF
Afteen, iancied that he OWNED the
canss: be determined, by what he con.
siderod . noble act Of unselfshness, to
bring the vanished roses again to her
cheeks.
sAuntis," he inquired, @may 1 bring
my chum down here for . week to
hshfr
1Cestainly,s replied Mrs. Harding,
who was neve known to refuse Tom
anything: and. armed with this per-
mission, Tom went to Frank Carol
and asked him to 60.
What j. your aunt's name 2" inquired
Carol.
aHarding," answered Tom, hesitate
ingly.
II should like to accompany you,
Tom,S said the young man, "but really,
just now it is impossible; so much to
do. you know"
All Tom could say did not alter his
decision.
Scarcely had the disappointed boy
left the lawyers ofice--Frank Carol
Was . lawyer-when . young woman
closely yelled, and apparently in deep
trouble, was ushered into the apart
ment. She raised her veil, thereby
disclosing the tear-stained feat
ures Of Bette, and she. with
much trembling and many sobs. re-
lated to the astonished lawyer the fate
Of the note and the bouquet he had sent
to Miss Harding months before.
You see, sir she sobbed, II haven't
had . mite Of peace since; an Miss
Julia didn't let me 60 TO see my mother
After al, and now she's dead and I
can't and = burst Of sobs completed
the sentence.
who il Miss Julia? 2" asked the law.
yer. more for the purpose OF drawing
the girls mind from her sorrow than
from any interest he felt in the lady.
Julia Edwards? ] was her maid,
and the other lady was Miss MAY
Harding, Miss Julia's cousin"
"Oh! said the lawyer, q light begin
ming to break in upon him.
An heres the letter, sir, a was with
the fiowors,S continued the repentant
Bette, producing II. "Icouldn't read it,
an don't know who sent them, or who
wrote il, but / thought best 10 keep it,
20 maybe / could give it to Miss Hard.
ing some time.
why didn't you tell this before? or
rather, why have you told il now ?"
asked Carol.
because ! thought they'd put me in
jail for Il. But my mother is dead
and don't need me now, an you can
send me there rs soon rs You please
sobbed Bette.
aYou are ! good girl, Bette. l shall
mot send you to jail" said Carol.
Nor Miss Julia, neither" queried
the amazed and ungrammatical Bette.
mo" said the lawyer. snow l want
TO ask . favor Of you; it il that you do
not tell Miss Julia or any one else
what you have told me-"
Bette promised and went away with
. lighter heart than she had known for
many . day.
Fifteen minutes later Frank Carol
astonished Tom by rushing into his
presence and announcing with all the
enthusiasm Of . boy Of ten, that he had
20 arranged his business that it could
take care Of itself for the remainder of
the week, and If Tom would renew his
invitation, which Tom did without GER
emory. they would the next morning
be Of for the country.
The third day OF his visit was draw
inh to . close before he found an OBJ
portunity Of speaking TO May alone.
He found her sitting on q rustic seat
in the garden among the roses. He
laid tho crumpled note before her,
stating how il had come to him, touch-
ing. q lightly ~ possible, Julia's share
ia The transaction.
Tell me. May he whispered when
she had read the note, "would you have
worn thu ross?"
She made no reply.
Nervously he tore the date from the
note. and, plucking = ROSE from the
bush beside him, laid it with the note,
IN her lap. Then he turned away.
When he looked back she was press
ing them both to her lips
A moment later Tom, coming sud-
denly around the corner Of the house,
gaxs : low chuckls OF surprise, or de-
light, and, turning on his heel, sped
away IL m opposite direction.
Six weeks later Tom acted q grooms-
man At his cousins wedding. Miss Ju-
Lin did not accept the invitation ex.
tended to her, though she wondered